Wed Nov 10, 2021, 04:43 PM

An un-American question...

Does anyone else find football announcers and commentators annoying? That tone of voice all the time -- I can just imagine them at home:

"HONEY, THE CAT WANTS TO GO OUT. HE'S PAWING AT THE DOOR... TURNS AROUND... FADES BACK... BACK TO THE DOOR... BACK AND FORTH... HE'S JUMPING FOR THE HANDLE... "

Meanwhile the color commentator: "This is the fifth time this week Fluffy has tried that play. He's really made an improvement from when he was a kitten... "

Suddenly: "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "

I dunno, I've never been all that much of a sports fan, but I can figure out for myself what's happening. Turning the volume down helps, but wondering if anyone else here feels the same way.

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
An un-American question... (Original post)	grumpyduck	Nov 2021	OP
oh gawd yes. Annoying and very unoriginal and trite	rurallib	Nov 2021	#1
One we heard say: The Big Key in this second half is for XXXX to score more points.	LakeArenal	Nov 2021	#6
ROFLMAO	rurallib	Nov 2021	#9
Holy crap...	ZenDem	Nov 2021	#2
I didn't realize my OP was NSFW.	grumpyduck	Nov 2021	#8
I've been saying for years that the sports networks all think that the key	Aristus	Nov 2021	#3
Don't really know how to answer that	Sherman A1	Nov 2021	#4
We were switching back between soccer and football.	Lars39	Nov 2021	#5
GOOOOOOOOOOOO...	sanatanadharma	Nov 2021	#7
HAH!	zanana1	Nov 2021	#10
Yes.	634-5789	Nov 2021	#11
No.	Lady Freedom Returns	Nov 2021	#12
I just tune them out...	MiHale	Nov 2021	#13
For a very long time, now.	malthaussen	Nov 2021	#14

Response to grumpyduck (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 04:47 PM

rurallib (60,475 posts)

1. oh gawd yes. Annoying and very unoriginal and trite

between the commercials and the inane announcers most sports are almost unwatchable anymore.

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:18 PM

LakeArenal (25,777 posts)

6. One we heard say: The Big Key in this second half is for XXXX to score more points.

But now we have to listen to announcers in Spanish. The scream just like it’s soccer. On every play. Then might yell....
Tooooch Dohn

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Response to LakeArenal (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 07:32 PM

rurallib (60,475 posts)

9. ROFLMAO

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Response to grumpyduck (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:00 PM

ZenDem (427 posts)

2. Holy crap...

...I'm at work...it's dead quiet...

...except when I read "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "

...and snorted. Not sure whether to

, or

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Response to ZenDem (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 07:01 PM

grumpyduck (5,291 posts)

8. I didn't realize my OP was NSFW.

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:04 PM

Aristus (61,594 posts)

3. I've been saying for years that the sports networks all think that the key

to 'authenticity' in color commentary is to hire a guy with a Southern accent.

Which usually yields 'colorful' commentary like: "Jew see hee-im kitch 'at bawl?"

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:04 PM

Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)

4. Don't really know how to answer that

I stopped watching sports in the 1970s.

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:09 PM

Lars39 (25,824 posts)

5. We were switching back between soccer and football.

Soccer commentary is so laid back compared to the excitable loud mouth “hair on fire” football commentators. Even the fans sound different.

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:57 PM

sanatanadharma (2,652 posts)

7. GOOOOOOOOOOOO...

...OOOOOOLLLLLL

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Thu Nov 11, 2021, 08:46 AM

zanana1 (5,596 posts)

10. HAH!

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Thu Nov 11, 2021, 09:17 AM

634-5789 (4,023 posts)

11. Yes.

Every ball game is marred with blather and so called stats that NOBODY could give a red rat's ass about. This also goes for baseball, and the WORST is college football.

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Thu Nov 11, 2021, 09:33 AM

Lady Freedom Returns (13,589 posts)

12. No.

Next question.

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Thu Nov 11, 2021, 10:37 AM

MiHale (7,619 posts)

13. I just tune them out...

It’s possible… I practice with my dearly beloved wife’s requests.

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Thu Nov 11, 2021, 11:23 AM

malthaussen (15,870 posts)

14. For a very long time, now.

The vacuity and asininity of the announcers is one of the main reasons I don't watch the sport anymore. Commercials is the other. Oh, and I suppose I should also note that the rules changes over the years (especially the Instant Replay rule) have made the game a lot less fun for me to watch.

Fortunately, there are a number of videos on YT from a time when I actually enjoyed watching the game. Even though I know the outcome, it doesn't affect the aesthetic pleasure of watching the great plays being made.

-- Mal

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